Parliamentary Session

John Baron: To ask the Leader of the House (1) how many hours the House sat in each session  (a) in 1980,  (b) in 1990 and  (c) in each session between 1996 and 2006;

John Baron: To ask the Leader of the House how many hours the House spent considering  (a) primary legislation on the Floor of the House and  (b) delegated legislation (i) in Committee and (ii) on the floor of the House in each session commencing in (A) 1980, (B) 1990 and (C) each session between 1996 and 2006.

Chris Bryant: The information given in the table is available in the sessional information digests:
	http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsid.htm
	
		
			   Number of hours the house sat each session  Number of hours considering primary legislation on the floor of the house  Number of hours considering delegated legislation on the floor of the house 
			   Hours  Minutes  Hours  Minutes  Hours  Minutes 
			 1980-81 1,485 11 n/a  n/a  
			 1990-91 1,373 53 393 64 65 50 
			 1996-97 717 45 221 41 45 88 
			 1997-98 2,117 36 859 45 42 65 
			 1998- 99 1,378 50 458 64 36 62 
			 1999-2000 1,442 41 640 66 31 88 
			 2000-01 690 27 283 36 26 82 
			 2001-02 1,540 40 676 93 24 58 
			 2002-03 1,287 15 484 53 18 12 
			 2003-04 1,215 19 460 89 14 35 
			 2004-05 531 16 216 15 9 30 
			 2005-06 1,572 07 701 79 18 09 
			 2006-07 1,118 52 367 04 17 61 
			 n/a = Not available. Up until the 1984-85 session the sitting hours were not broken down. Therefore, only the total number of sitting hours can be provided. 
		
	
	The number of hours considering primary legislation and delegated legislation in committee can be provided only at disproportionate cost.